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Our recommendation: Fiat Panda 100hp Picture a Fiat Panda driver and you’ll probably think of a jolly pensioner on their way to pick up the week’s milk and bread. But your nan’s shopping cart this is not. In true hot hatch tradition, Fiat transplanted the 1.4-litre overhead-cam engine from the then-new Grande Punto into its

Compact SUV offers lots of practicality, outstanding value for money, and an electrified ‘feel’ without the charging The growth of the MG brand in the UK has been so fast over the past five years that it has outstripped the rate at which the car maker has been able to spread its wings.There are many

The extreme design is backed by a host of extensive technical modifications. The A290 features bespoke suspension, powertrain tech, brakes, tyres and sounds for what Alpine calls a “more emotional driving experience”.  Alpine CEO Philippe Krief said the A290 was a “stand-alone development” but it has been crafted to “remind drivers of the A110” – the sports coupé that has been the

The happy trade-off for the Eletre’s imposing and sometimes unwieldy stature is that it feels practically cavernous in both rows, with the lengthy 3019mm wheelbase affording plenty of space for stretched shins and the roofline and sides not so dramatically curved as to restrict head room or push occupants closer together. The Volkswagen Passat-baiting 688 litres

“In a few countries, money alone is not enough to qualify for car ownership; commissarial consent is needed as well. “We see something of the same approach in the anti-motorist policies of the new [Labour-run] Greater London Council (GLC). A campaign is on to wage war against the motorist in the capital, in the hope that

An electric version of the Land Rover Defender is unlikely to appear until the end of the decade, when the model emerges in next-generation form using a new platform. JLR’s chief operating officer, Lennard Hoornik, confirmed to Autocar that the British manufacturer’s investigations into the potential for electrification of the current premium SUV have revealed

By comparison, the electric versions of the #5 offer between 335bhp in single-motor and 416bhp in dual-motor guises – the former running a 400V and latter an 800V electric architecture. They are coupled with 76kW lithium-iron-phosphate and 100kWh lithium ion batteries with ranges of between 354 and 460 miles on the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle

Lidar is the technology that’s going to unlock eyes-off, hands-free driving. In Europe, the company at the forefront of development is Israel’s Innoviz, which supplies BMW to enable level-three self-driving in the 7 Series and will also drive similar level-three set-ups in Porsche and Audi. ‘Lidar’ is an acronym for ‘light detection and ranging’. Essentially a